EB-5进入了一个新时代
亲爱的EB-5利益相关者,
美国移民局 (USCIS)已将其EB-5新规则的最终版本提交《联邦公报》正式公布。自2019年11月21日起，一套新的EB-5规则将接管并永久改变EB-5行业。这将是EB-5历史上最重大的政策变化。
美国借贷中心（ALC）是过去十年中最成功运营EB-5的区域中心之一，它认为，在很大程度上，新规定中提出的许多变化将对该行业产生积极影响，因此计划全面接受这些变化。尽管该计划仍有一些严重的未解决问题，但我们一致认为，新规定的确是朝着正确方向迈出的坚实一步。
对TEA地区和非TEA地区的最低投资要求现在将分别增加到90万美元和180万美元。ALC认为这些增加是合理的，ALC也赞赏移民局按照“审阅公众评述”后，对TEA目标就业区最低要求方面的最终政策调整成为可能。在考虑到通货膨胀和国际金融格局变化的同时，提高利率和考虑其他因素的选项将使该计划保持可行。
ALC还支持TEA地区的判定。我们希望，这将使该项目能够为美国各地有资格的中小企业和企业家带来更多EB-5资金。美国的中小企业是这个国家经济的引擎，也是强有力的就业创造者。
对于EB-5投资者的最大好处- 尤其是那些项目或区域中心陷入困境、必须应对超出投资者控制范围的“实质性变化”的公司- 如果这些投资者已获得I-526批准，将保留优先日。这有可能为来自中国等国家的投资者节省数年时间，以防他们必须重新递交移民申请。在此之前，这种可能性并不明显;明确和透明的规则只会让EB-5计划在未来几年里更加可行。
十年前，ALC以谦虚的态度开始了自己的创业之旅，最初的梦想是将EB-5资金带给美国各地合格的中小型公司和企业家。在接下来的岁月里，ALC通过70多个令人难以置信的EB-5项目成功地实现了这个梦想，这些项目在全国范围内总共创造了大约1万个全职工作岗位。该行业正在进入一个新的时代，ALC也是。很高兴有这个机会，期待我们的EB-5业务更快的增长。干杯!
诚挚的
John Shen
美国借贷中心首席执行官
英文原文：
EB-5 Enters a New Era
Dear EB-5 stakeholders,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has sent its final EB-5 regulations to the Federal Register for publication. Effective on November 21, 2019, a set of new EB-5 rules will take over and permanently change the operation of the EB-5 business. This will be the most significant policy change in the history of EB-5.
American Lending Center (ALC), one of the most successful EB-5 operations in the past decade, believes, for the most part, that many of the changes presented in the new regulations will positively impact the industry and therefore plans to fully embrace the changes. While there are still serious unresolved issues in the program, we agree that the new regulations are indeed a solid step in the right direction.
The new minimum investment requirements for TEA and non-TEA will now increase to $900,000 and $1,800,000, respectively. ALC believes these increases are reasonable and appreciates the possibility for final adjustment on the minimum requirement for TEA based on “a review of the comments” by USCIS. These increases and options for additional considerations will keep the program viable while still accounting for inflation and changes in international financial landscape.
ALC also supports the technical changes in the TEA designation process. We hope that this will enable the program to bring more EB-5 capital to qualified US small business owners and entrepreneurs across the country. American small businesses are the engine of this country’s economy and powerful job creators.
The biggest benefit to EB-5 investors – particularly those whose projects or regional centers run into troubles and must deal with a “material change” outside their control as investors – will be the retention of priority dates if those investors already received I-526 approvals. This has the potential to easily save years for investors coming from countries like China, in the case he/she must refile an immigration petition. This was previously not a clear possibility; clarified and transparent regulations only do more to make the EB-5 program viable for years to come.
Ten years ago, ALC began modestly with a dream of bringing EB-5 capital to qualified US small business owners and entrepreneurs across the country. Over the years that followed, ALC has successfully realized this dream through its 70+ incredible EB-5 projects that have collectively created about 10,000 full time jobs nationwide. The industry is now entering a new era, and so is ALC. We love this opportunity and look forward to faster growth for our EB-5 operation. Cheers!
Sincerely
John Shen
CEO of American Lending Center